# new quota system

Bartmoss (bartmoss@mistral.co.uk)
Mon, 29 Apr 1996 12:22:06 PDT

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    On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Chuck Adams wrote:

    > James O'Kane drew these hieroglyphs:
    > >
    > > I'm working on an rpg moo and I wouldn't be bothering moo-cows with a
    > > question about one except that i want to replace the $quota system with
    > > one of my own which will be based on the money system and i'm guessing
    > > that this will be a major core hack? this will allow people to steal
    > > from others. i want to know if anyone has ever tired this? and if anyone
    > > has anythoughts or concerns before i attempt to do this?
    > >
    >
    > This is just absolutely not how to implement a money system.  Quota is
    > a resource limit for programmers, not a VR commodity.  They are simply
    > not interchangable concepts, period.
    >
    >
    hehe I don't know, I think Inflation and DB bloat go hand in hand ;)